"Hold on," Castle told the kids. "Dessert is ready but go in a line and watch how much you get."

"Our parents told us already," Marie said.

"She's right, also we're keeping an eye on them," Skye commented.

"Like hawks," Liam added. He smiled at his granddaughters when they turned to playfully glare at him and he said, "Well?"

Laughing, the kids turned back to the desserts, and they started to get their selections before Maddy turned to Castle who was standing by them to make sure they were okay getting what they wanted. "What about Josie?" she asked him.

"Her mother will share a little with her," Castle said. "So she'll get to try, don't worry."

"Are we still sitting here at the table?" Julia asked her mother once she had what she wanted.

"Yes, make sure you split the whoopie pie," Beckett said, the Fosters having made them with pumpkin spice filling.

"I will," Julia assured her.

"Kate," Castle told his wife.

"I'll wait," Beckett said when the other adults were getting their desserts.

"No, I was going to let you know I'll get your dessert plate for you," Castle said.

"Dee Dada," Josie said, on her mother's hip at that moment.

"Yeah, we'll have some too," Castle said, nodding his head rapidly. He smiled when the baby laughed, and he kissed her cheek before he went over to get two plates since the others had headed down the counter. "Just let me know what you want love," he told his wife.

"Would you mind us splitting a whoopie pie?" Beckett asked him.

"No, but does she get any?" Castle asked.

"She will, from me," Beckett said firmly. She wasn't surprised when her husband nodded quickly and grabbed one before she directed him to give her thin slices of apple and pumpkin pie before they went to the dining room.

"Are you guys ready for Christmas?" Rebecca eventually asked after they'd been eating their desserts for a bit.

"We are," Castle said first, looking at his wife.

"The building is almost finished," Beckett said, knowing her friend was wondering about that. "And you guys will have your rooms when we get there."

"Are you planning on going to Mill Valley for Memorial Day again?" David asked.

"Yes, and you're invited," Castle said. "All of you are, including the Davises."

"We were going to do that anyway," Beckett said with a smile. "But most likely next year."
After they'd laughed together, they went back to their food before the kids were finishing and Julia was coming into the room. She went to her parents at the end of the table and was about to speak when her mother was first.

"Did you guys finish?" Beckett asked her. When the girl nodded, she told her, "Then take your plates, rinse them if you can and head to the family room."

Nodding, Julia rushed back to the kitchen table and explained what her mother had told her. "We should rinse the other plates too," she told the older kids.

"We'll rinse our sisters'," Kathleen said.

"I'll take care of Maddy's," Eliza said.

"I'll take care of it," Julia told her little sister firmly. She saw Eliza was beginning to frown and told her, "That way you won't drop it."

"I wouldn't," Eliza said in annoyance.

"Just to be careful, you know the plate is one of Mom and Dad's set," Julia explained.

"Yeah," Eliza said, thinking that over. "But I can take mine."

"I didn't say anything about yours," Julia replied easily, shrugging her shoulders. She went with the others to the sinks and after they had finished with their plates, they headed over to the family room. Before they'd stopped for dessert they'd been playing with Josie before she would need to go to bed. She looked at the others and said, "I think we better keep playing with Josa."

"But she's still with Mommy and Daddy," Eliza told her sister.

"They're finished," Jim said, walking into the family room with Josie at that moment.

"And they'll need to go to bed soon," Martha said, following Beckett's father with Keo.

"Does Keo have to go now?" Maddy asked.

"Josie will be first," Jim said, smiling at the little girl when she'd hurried over to him. "And your brother after."

"Where will he sleep?" Eliza asked as the others were looking at what to play with Josie.

"I think in Josie's room," Jim said.

"On Josie's bed, there's a blanket for him and his sister already," Martha added.

"Oh… okay," Eliza said after thinking about that for a moment. She then smiled and said, "But we can still play?"

"You can," Jim replied, setting Josie down before Maddy was taking her hand.

"Does anyone want more wine?" Castle said in the kitchen.

"I'm good," Darnley said.

"Me too," David said. "We're only walking next door but the last thing I need is one of the officers catching me staggering around."

"I would just take you to the beach and drag you back home," Rebecca said in amusement. "With their help of course," she said, motioning to Castle and Darnley.

"I'll still pass," David replied.

"Then coffee?" Castle asked. He wasn't surprised when the others said yes to that and asked the parents, "Should I get the kids something?"

"I think they're okay," Darnley said first.

"They had milk with dessert," Skye said then. "I think we'll just see if they want water at all."

Beckett watched her husband getting the coffee prepared before she looked at Skye and said, "You know what they're going to tell you once we go back."

"I had a feeling," the investigator replied with a nod. "But I'm not sure."

"Not sure?" Castle asked in surprise.

Smiling at some of the others looking around to her, Skye said, "What song to sing."

"That's easy," Mary said. "Let the kids pick it for you."

"True," Skye said. "But they might be playing, so I wouldn't assume they'd ask me," not surprised that her friend was commenting about that shortly after.

"But once they see you, they'll think of it," Beckett said simply. She smiled when the investigator gave a mock annoyed groan and said, "Why do you still do that?"

"She's right, you realize we all know you enjoy singing," Nkosi teased her.

"Especially after last night," David commented.

"But it's so fun," Skye said in exaggerated eagerness. "No, I do have a song."

"Am I needed?" Mary asked her wife in amusement as she was drying her hands.

"I think so," Skye replied easily. "But let me talk to the kids." She was relieved the others were letting the matter drop before she turned her attention to helping take the coffee to the family room.

"Mum!" Marie said.

"Okay, okay," Skye said in mock annoyance while the other adults were looking at her. "I'll get my guitar."

"I thought you said you were getting your guitar?" Mari asked in surprise when the investigator was sitting down.

"I was kidding, I need your mom's phone," Skye said, looking over at her wife before she smiled as Mary was holding it out to her. "Thank you grá," she told her before going onto it quickly.

"What song are you going to sing?" Julia said while they were all watching her.

"To be honest it's from last night," Skye told them.

"You can sing it," Julia told him quickly.

"She's right, we don't mind," Castle said.

With the others agreeing with the two, Skye nodded and said, "I need your help grá."

"I'm ready when you are," Mary said quickly.

When Skye played the music, Beckett smiled and picked Josie up to sit on her lap as she'd moved to the couch with Castle. She watched the baby with him to make sure the music wouldn't scare her, but soon enough it went into the lyrics that Skye was soon singing, Mary joining her when backup was needed.

Open up your mind and let me step inside
Rest your weary head and let your heart decide

It's so easy
When you know the rules
It's so easy
All you have to do
Is fall in love
Play the game,
Everybody play the game of love (yeah)

When you're feeling down and your resistance is low
Light another cigarette and let yourself go

This is your life
Don't play hard to get
It's a free word
All you have to do is fall in love
Play the game,
Everybody play the game of love

Glancing at Josie, Castle smiled to see the baby was staring at Skye and Mary though only the music was playing. He leaned into his wife and was about to speak when she was stopping him and murmuring into his ear quickly.

"We'll show her the video of the concert when she's a little older," Beckett said. She smiled when her husband did so at her, not surprised she'd startled him at how she'd guessed what he'd been thinking. She knew he wanted to respond to that, but the instrumental was finishing, and they turned their attention back to the two women performing.

My game of love has just begun
Love runs from my head down to my toes
My love is pumping through my veins (play the game)
Driving me insane
Come, come, come play the game, play the game, play the game, play the game
Everyone play the game of love

Swaying with Mari at the instrumental, Julia smiled at the music before she said, "As good as it was last night."

"I know," Mari said so eagerly she was a little too loud.

"Shh," Kathleen said gently to her friends.

Julia mouthed, 'Sorry,' to her, relieved the girl nodded and wasn't mad at them. She turned her attention back to the two, since she knew they were going to sing again, and she waited eagerly to hear that once more.

This is your life
Don't play hard to get
It's a free, free world
All you have to do is fall in love
Play the game
Play the game of love

Your life
Don't play hard to get
It's a free, free world
All you have to do is fall in love
Play the game
Play the game of love

Smiling as the others were applauding, Skye said, "Thank you. Now-"

"Will you sing one more?" Eliza asked.

"Yes, Mummy, Mommy, you must," Fleur said.

"Oh really?" Mary asked.

"One more," Ivy said with a smile.

"Okay, okay, which one Eliza?" Skye asked.

"The magic one?" the little girl asked.

"We can sing that one," Skye said, smiling at her wife. "Oh, pipe down," she said in mock annoyance as Castle, Darnley and Nkosi were groaning.

"Well, we heard you last night?" Castle said. He laughed when Skye stuck out her tongue at him before the song was starting and he murmured to his wife, "I would have picked this one too," not surprised when she was replying to him quickly before the two would need to sing right at the beginning.

"No, you wouldn't," Beckett said teasingly. She smiled when her husband was kissing her cheek and she pushed him away playfully before Skye and Mary were snapping their fingers together and singing shortly after.

It's a kind of magic
It's a kind of magic
A kind of magic

One dream, one soul, one prize, one goal
One golden glance of what should be

It's a kind of magic
One shaft of light that shows the way
No mortal man can win this day

It's a kind of magic
The bell that rings inside your mind
Is challenging the doors of time

It's a kind of magic
The waiting seems eternity
The day will dawn of sanity

Is this a kind of magic? (It's a kind of magic)
There can be only one
This rage that lasts a thousand years
Will soon be done
This flame that burns inside of me
I'm hearing secret harmonies

It's a kind of magic
The bell that rings inside your mind
Is challenging the doors of time
It's a kind of magic
It's a kind of magic

With the instrumental there, Beckett watched the kids dancing as nearly all of them had started doing that. She smiled since Julia and Mari were dancing actual steps together, though they were a mix of a few dances. Eliza was dancing with Maddy and Iris, the older twins dancing with their two little sisters who didn't have partners. She glanced at Keo, seeing he was dancing standing in front of his grandfather, and she turned her attention to Josie, the baby moving on her lap as she was smiling widely before Skye and Mary started up the song again.

This rage that lasts a thousand years
Will soon be, will soon be
Will soon be done

This is (this is) a kind (a kind) of magic
There can be only one
This rage that lasts a thousand years
Will soon be done (done)

Magic
It's a kind of magic
It's a kind of magic, magic, magic, magic, magic

Castle smiled when Skye was laughing and then speaking the next lyric as Freddie had in the original recording of the song, seeing her greatly enjoying herself though it was nearly over.

It's magic!
It's a kind of magic

November 25th, 2021

Hello from home Evangeline! I'm in the Hamptons and I have a ton to write about, so I have to hurry with this since it's nearly bedtime for me and my guests!

So last night was the concert (up until then we were just resting, waiting to go) and we went early to Madison Square Garden and started getting ready. Unfortunately, after Peter and I were dressed for Crazy Little Thing Called Love we needed to go walk out around the media, so they could take pictures of us. I think Mom and Dad had told Brian and Roger that they didn't want them asking me questions and the same for Genevieve, she told them no questions for Peter. So we just smiled and waved and let Derek talk for us which I sure didn't mind!

Once we had finished and took a group photo (Mom took that one) we were ready for the concert. Now, I can't really say every last thing about the concert since I'd be here all night. But what I can say is that it was amazing! I loved every dance I did, and it was so much fun too! During the first dance I sensed Freddie there with me, he changed the hologram a little bit which amazed me though I didn't have much chance to think of it. The other dances were great, the audience seemed to like that too which was so much a relief 'cause me and Peter thought they wouldn't.

At the end of the night, I was really tired, but I talked to our city family along with the guys from GA. Skye and I talked to them about what happened on Tuesday, and they were interested but we didn't have much time to speak since we had to come back here. But Zak did say he wanted me to go on other lockdowns with them, but Mom said they would have to see. I hope I can though!

Back at home it was right to bed, and I was so exhausted it took me only a little bit before I was fast asleep. I had a dream last night and it was Freddie, coming to speak to me but it wasn't myself making it up, it was us talking since it was the best way for him to do that. He said he had loved the concert and that he thought the dances were great. We didn't talk for very long, and he told me at the end that my crush was there, and they were. I know you're wondering Evangeline if I told Skye and I did, and she admitted he'd visited her last night too. He basically said the same to her and that she should sing more, but that was a joke since there's no way she'll stop.

That brings me to today and what I did for the day. Happy Thanksgiving Evangeline! And today was a fun one too! We spent up until dinner playing together, well, we stopped for lunch, and I had to eventually stop playing since I was helping with dinner. Well, Mari came with me because she wanted to spend more time with me since she was already there. We made the mashed sweet potatoes and apple pie together and both turned out really good!

All of dinner was great and we kids (except for Josa and Keo) were sitting at the kitchen table together. We older kids had to keep an eye on the youngest two; Maddy and Dani; but we didn't care since it was really fun to do that. After we finished, we played with the youngest, really Josa but of course Keo needed to be played with too, until we stopped for dessert. Those were awesome and I can't wait to have those and the food from dinner again tomorrow!

Before Josa needed to go to bed Skye and Mary sang the songs Play the Game and A Kind of Magic again, and though we heard them last night they were just as good tonight. You can tell they enjoy the songs a lot so that made it great to get to listen to! After Josa was in bed we played with the youngest again, but UNO that time since they can play with grown ups there. We then played Life and a couple of other games, but it was just so much fun! But eventually the other kids had to go to bed, part of the Fosters and the Darnleys went home so now I'm here writing to you.

I said part of the Fosters, that's 'cause Mari is here to spend the night but it's not just the two of us, Marie and Kath are here too of course since the McDouglases are staying until Sunday morning. We're not really doing anything for sure tomorrow, I think us older kids (the four of us here in my room right now) are going to be allowed to play outside and walk on the beach but that's all I know. I don't care though, as long as I get to play with my friends, I'm fine with that! Oh! I just thought, maybe if it's not windy we can play with our archery set. I have to ask

Oh, Mom and Dad just walked in with Skye and Mary so I should stop but I'll say now next Friday Mari asked me to spend the night at her house, Mom and Dad said yes, Mari's parents said yes so I can't wait!

Goodnight, Evangeline I'll do my best to tell you about what we get up to tomorrow!

Putting her things away, Julia asked, "Are we going to bed?"

"You have a little time," Beckett said before she looked over at Skye and Marry.

"Yeah, they look to be finished themselves," the former said to her wife.

"Then what can we do?" Kathleen asked.

"I could read my diary," Julia suggested.

"You want to?" Beckett asked.

"Yeah, of the Thanksgiving the year after I got my first diary," Julia said. "When I turned thirteen."

"Go ahead," Castle said, seeing the other three girls looked eager.

Julia nodded and rushed from her bed to her desk, pulling out her first diary from their past life. After she had flipped the pages, she then said, "Dad?"

"Do you really want me to?' Castle asked.

"Are you gonna say your ages then?" Kathleen asked rapidly.

"I can," Castle said.

"Wait, what year was it?" Marie asked.

"1935," Castle said. "I was thirty-six, Kate thirty-five and your moms were the same age too." He smiled when the girls were laughing at that before he continued saying, "Julia was thirteen as she said, Eliza was eight, Alexis seven and Josie five. We'd all had our birthdays by then."

Julia, smiling as her father nodded to her then, turned her attention to her diary and proceeded to read eagerly, starting with the date.

November 28th, 1935

It's Thanksgiving and I have had the most wonderful time. My entire family was here, including my grandmother, aunts and uncle. We had a big dinner, so big we were pressed together at the dining room table. So much so Alexandra's elbow nearly went into my soup! But it doesn't matter, everything was swell, and dinner was wonderful.

I got to help a bit, I made the mashed turnips and though those aren't usually my favorites, Ma urged me to sprinkle cinnamon on them and I did with the brown sugar Aunt Rose urged as well. So I ate my serving and luckily Josephine did as well! I also helped make the pumpkin pie, I don't envy Da peeling the pumpkins for us, but he does it so well since he did it for Grandma, Ma and Aunt Rosie when they lived in the city.

What I loved the most were the games we played, both before and after dinner. It turns out we had to wait a bit for the turkey to be ready. We played outside since it wasn't too cold, and the sun was out just enough. It was us children with Da and Uncle Patrick, all the others were inside cooking. Anyway, we were playing stickball, since we would need to take baths before we changed for dinner. It was such a swell game though I feel sorry for Da and Uncle Patrick since I know they were remembering playing with Uncle Junior. But they still had fun and we were all terribly messy coming back in.

'You've run yourselves ragged!' That's what Grandma said, but she gave us all a big smile and just let Ma usher us to the stairs to our rooms. She's the kindest grandmother and I love how she speaks!

After dinner we went to the living room and were playing a game of charades, we were in two groups. I was with Ma, Da Alexandra and Grandma and everyone else was in the other group. Our group won but luckily my sisters didn't seem to realize it was because there were three adults in my group. After that we played our hand clapping games together and even Uncle Patrick let us teach him! Josephine went to bed then and we sat together, listening to Da reading one of his favorite books, Treasure Island. We've heard it so many times before, but I do love it still, it's a swell story!

I must go to bed, and I hear Ma and Da approaching!

"It was a fun Thanksgiving," Castle commented.

"It was," Julia said, going to put the book back. "But I didn't have a chance to write what I did since I was the last one awake."

"Which is what?" Skye asked.

Smiling Julia said, "Read Pride and Prejudice to everyone else."

Giggling, since her friend was looking at her pointedly, Mari said, "I'm not surprised you liked the book back then too. I liked it myself."

"Everyone did," Castle said.

"And with that we start putting you four to bed," Skye said in amusement.

Beckett wasn't surprised when the four were groaning and she went to Julia, not surprised when her daughter was taking her hand before she asked about the next day.

"We can play still, right?" Julia said.

"Unless it starts to rain or snow, yes," Beckett replied, knowing her daughter meant outside.

"Good," Julia said before she was hugging her parents and telling them she loved them. After they'd said the same to her, she turned, getting onto her bed after Mari and once she'd said goodnight to the dogs.

"Okay, don't stay up talking," Beckett told the girls. "One of us at least will come back to check on you."

"We'll go to sleep Mom," Julia said with a smile.

"Then goodnight," Beckett told them, smiling herself. After they'd said the same to her, she walked to the doorway, turning off the light before meeting her husband and the McDouglases in the hallway.

"We really can't talk," Julia said to Mari.

"I know, hopefully next week we can go up to my room sooner," the girl replied.

Nodding, Julia hugged her friend with one arm and told her, "Night Mari."

"Goodnight," the girl replied.

Julia smiled and then turned to lay on her side before she settled under the covers and got warm so she could fall asleep. She was unaware her parents and the twins' were still in the hall making sure they were staying quiet, nodding off in a short time while looking forward to her dreams and the next day.

"No wine?" Beckett asked her husband, a slight smile on her face.

Pausing at the fireplace he'd just turned on, Castle looked at his wife and asked, "You wanted some?"

"No," Beckett said, shaking her head. "I wanted to see your reaction."

"Tease," Castle said to her jokingly once he had started walking over to her. He sat next to her on the bed and said, "Everything worked out."

"I knew you were going to mention that," Beckett said while she was smiling.

"Well? We were running around, and we didn't know how everything was going to work," Castle replied.

"And it did," Beckett told him.

"And it did," Castle echoed. "Though it felt weird without Brad here."

"You heard what he said, it was a friend and his family, and he thought they'd feel awkward," Beckett reminded him.

"Do you think there was something wrong with their son?" Castle asked. He was surprised when his wife hesitated and he said, "What did he tell you?"

"He's had some issues with drugs," Beckett replied.

"How old is he?" Castle asked.

"Brad said Eve's age," Beckett said.

"And they took him to have dinner at another person's house?" Castle asked.

"He wasn't sure," Beckett said. "He said he'd asked his friend either not to bring his son or not come at all."

"Then it was just the couple," Castle said. When his wife nodded, he said, "What an awkward dinner."

"I know, it's too bad they did go though," Beckett said. "We could have invited the Davises." She wasn't surprised when her husband nodded in agreement with her and smiled at him before he was taking her hand. "Are you tired?" she asked him.

"No," Castle said simply and swiftly in response. When she smirked at him, he couldn't resist and he leaned over to her, kissing her lightly on the lips. He didn't linger, pulling away before he gazed into her eyes and then closed the gap between them again. That time he was a little more forceful and he soon slipped his tongue into her mouth, lightly caressing at hers. When she responded he pulled her closer to him before she was ending their kiss by pulling away.

Moving when her husband's arms wrapped around her waist, Beckett was soon sitting on his lap and kissing him eagerly before their tongues were rolling around each other. They were involved in that for a while, kissing repeatedly before they were slowly parting and she smiled saying, "What if I told you this was all I wanted to do tonight?"

"I wouldn't believe you," Castle said, lightly running his hand down her side. He felt her slightly arch her back in response and he moved to brush his lips against her neck since he had a chance to reach it. When he moved back and was looking at her again, he was about to ask her what she wanted but she brushed her lips to his, cutting him off before he started.

"Tell me love," Beckett said as she reached up and gently ran her thumb along his lower lip.

Moving to lightly kiss at her digit, Castle nipped at it right after before he pulled her to him for yet another kiss. That time he was sliding his hand under her sweater, holding onto her side before she was flicking her tongue to his. It took them little effort to start dueling with each other and they were grasping at one another tightly. After they stopped to catch their breath, he was going to speak but decided he couldn't really do it and he moved to carefully pull on the bottom of her sweater.

Having expected that, Beckett was quick to move with her husband and she raised her arms above her head before she was reaching for his shirt. She unbuttoned the top two before she bent her head to kiss at his neck. She wasn't surprised when he had her straighten up and they were kissing again, leading her to reach in between them and unbutton his shirt fully before her hands rested on his chest.

"Fuck," Castle breathed out roughly as he pulled away from her. He leaned over and kissed her again but that was a lot faster than the first and he said when he could, "I wanted to take my time."

"I had a feeling," Beckett replied, brushing her lips against his. "But what if we got on the bed?"

"Okay," Castle said hurriedly.

"Pervert," Beckett told him with a smile. Instead of moving to stand though, she leaned over and kissed her husband deeply before she felt him reaching to her back. "Wait," she breathed, pulling back. "Not yet," she then told him when he looked at her in slight surprise.

Castle found he could only nod and he moved to kiss her before letting her go so she could stand up. He was quickly following her over to the bed though he stopped her before she could get on it. As she turned to him questioningly, he reached for the fly of her trousers and opened them gently before he watched her pushing them off her hips. Once they were on her right foot, he was reaching for her just as she kicked them away and he held her to him before kissing her gently on the lips. When they parted, he was looking on as she pulled his shirt off his shoulders, and he hurried to help her.

When her husband was left in his boxers, Beckett allowed herself to climb onto the mattress and she lay in the middle before her husband had her get back up. She was a little startled at him doing that but sat up before he was kissing her, and it hit her as to why he had. She didn't stop him, allowing him to go over her back before she felt the pressure of her bra when he'd managed to get it open. Though she didn't want to, she pulled away from him and helped him getting the black lace and silk off her. As soon as she had finished, she found herself gathered up in his arms and she was grasping him tightly before they were dueling with their tongues again. After they had stopped, she smiled and laid down before saying, "Did you want to wait that much longer?"

"No," Castle said quickly, reaching for his boxers. He got them off and once they were on the floor with the rest of their clothes, he was moving to lay on top of his wife again.

Taking her husband's kiss, Beckett was sliding her hands over his back and up to the back of his neck. She gasped as he pulled away, kissing around her neck and she was hurrying to tilt her head back to help him. She expected him to go down to her breasts, but he was pulling away suddenly and she cupped his cheek with her hand before he spoke huskily.

"Let me…" Castle began. He wasn't surprised when she moved her hands away and he was working quickly, gently pulling down on her panties, the same black her bra had been. As soon as it was out of the way he was leaning down to her, kissing her again before she was pulling him to her. He couldn't help grunting when his chest pressed against her breasts and he did his best to deepen it before they were slowly parting. At that point he moved down to her neck, kissing his way over it before he moved to her breasts.

Beckett gasped and lightly grasped at his back while he was brushing his lips over her mounds. Her nipples were aching after a short time of him doing that, and she thought she might have to urge him to do more when he was luckily doing it shortly after. While he suckled at her gently at first, she was lightly running her fingers through his hair before she suddenly started to scrape at his scalp. He'd abruptly began sucking harder and it affected her immediately before she made him stop.

"Too much?" Castle asked.

"A little, you have to move though," Beckett said. She wasn't surprised when he was moving to her other breast, but she was relieved he had figured out what she'd meant. After he moved to her stomach and proceeded to kiss around her, she murmured his name, but he wasn't replying to her.

Castle was intent on doing what he'd thought of as they were kissing deeply, and he moved lower on her until he came to her mound. A light kiss pressed just above her cleft, and he was pulling away while she parted her legs rapidly for him. As soon as she was ready, he lay on the bed between them, drawing her legs over his shoulders. There he moved to kiss at her folds, feeling the skin was slick already. He felt his erection throbbing immediately in response and he did his best to ignore the pleasure that had run through him, moving up to her clit.

Crying out briefly, Beckett held onto the sheet below her with one hand while the other was cupping the back of her husband's head. She was trying not to dig her nails into his scalp, scratching at it as it helped distract her a little at the same time. But when he moved from lapping at the swollen nub to sucking at it, she was reaching to the bed in a desperate attempt to keep from moving out of his way or hurting him. When he pulled back, she found she could relax, but it was only momentarily as her husband went down to her folds. She was nearly gasping for air while he was lightly lapping at them, and she moaned, "Rick… please…"

Hearing the desperation in her tone, Castle didn't wait for much longer before he was moving to slip his tongue inside of her. He held her down as his wife was crying out and arching her back before he was turning his full attention on pleasuring her. Moving his tongue and rubbing his fingers against her clit, he had to gently place his weight down on her because she was moving around more in reaction to him. He felt her struggling against him and felt a thrill of arousal that led him to lightly move against the mattress underneath him.

Her husband's tongue and fingers moving faster, Beckett knew she wasn't going to be able to take much more of what he was doing to her. She tried to turn her body slightly before he was holding her straight and she did her best to arch her hips. But he was switching his fingers and mouth and she was jerking against him. She dimly realized she was thrusting against him, and he was taking it in stride. She had no idea how long exactly she withstood that, only that it was breaking her, her body freezing fully before she arched her back and cried out his name. The waves of pleasure spread through her body roughly and she was lost to it until she was coming back to herself. Panting heavily, she reached down for her husband, trying to bring him up to her though he was groaning while he was lapping at her gently still. Eventually though she felt him moving up to her and she wrapped her arms around him before he was murmuring into her ear.

"I'm glad you didn't stop me," Castle said.

Smiling, Beckett turned her head so she and her husband could share a kiss and once they had parted, she said, "I don't think I really could have."

"You never know," Castle said before he laughed when his wife lightly pinched his side. He moved to lay down on his back and then pulled her after him to kiss her deeply. He kept it more sensuous than rough, and they were lightly rubbing their tongues together until he pulled back first. His intention had been to lean down to his wife and kiss either her shoulders or neck when she was pushing herself up. "What-" he started to say. He was interrupted when his wife was straddling him, pressing her sex directly on top of his length and he was grasping her hips tightly at the sensation of her moving slightly. He grabbed her hips and said, "You need to stop."

"I need to?" Beckett asked.

"Yes, because if you don't…" Castle started to say before she was rubbing back and forth on him. He groaned heavily and was going to stop her when she held onto his wrists roughly.

"Do not stop me," Beckett said firmly while she held his gaze. She wasn't surprised when he nodded quickly before she began to rock her hips again, watching her husband as he held her in reaction.

"Kate… how am I going to come?" Castle groaned to her.

"I'll take care of you," Beckett said easily. She wasn't sure why exactly she did it, but she tilted her hips down towards her husband and gasped as he swore in Irish since she'd managed to rub her clit against him. She was tempted for a moment to try and get him inside of her without using her hands but knew it was impossible. She instead moved to the very tip of him, squeezing her legs together as she tried to squeeze it. Only attempting that a few times, she moved back to going over his full length, trying not to stimulate herself too much since she wanted them to have a chance to be intimate. It took her a little, but she managed to move and not overly pleasure herself, keeping an eye on Castle since she wanted to make sure she knew when he had reached his peak.

Trying to handle everything his wife was doing to him; Castle debated a few times about telling her to take him into her mouth. He was suddenly started when he had said it out loud and he watched her getting off him. He wondered if she had wanted to, but she was suddenly lowering her mouth on his erection. He only lasted a short time, a few bobs of Beckett's head setting him off and making him clutch the bed so he wouldn't end up pulling at her hair because the pleasure was intense. He had no idea when exactly he stopped, only knowing he was still on the bed. Managing to open his eyes, Castle saw his wife pressing a kiss to the tip of his length and he groaned before grabbing her and pulling her to him. "Goddess," he breathed to her before he kissed her deeply.

Beckett was holding onto her husband tightly with one arm though her free hand was soon reaching down and lightly grasping at his erection. She wasn't surprised when her gentle squeeze ended their kiss and she smiled at him saying, "Too much?"

"Probably," Castle said simply before he was kissing his wife as hard as he possibly could. When they'd parted, he was soon telling her, "But this time you decide," not surprised she was shaking her head before responding to him while brushing her lips to his.

"You're still in charge love," Beckett said, trying not to speak in amusement when her husband looked at her with a frown.

"At least decide how fast," Castle told her.

"How exactly did you want to do this?" Beckett said in response. When her husband related what exactly he wanted to do, she said, "Then start slow and speed up until you're fucking me."

"Then… sort of a quickie?" Castle asked.

"Close enough," Beckett said with a smile. She bit her lower lip when her husband breathed out roughly and said, "You don't want to?"

"If you squeeze again, you'll have your answer," Castle told her seriously.

"Pervert," Beckett said a little breathily.

Leaning over, Castle kissed her deeply as he rolled her onto her back, slipping his tongue into her mouth. After they'd parted to breathe, he got off her so she could move to the very edge of the bed on her side. Watching her slinging her leg over the side, he kissed her again but doing so briefly so he could focus on them coupling together. They did so slowly, and he wasn't surprised she was gasping while he slid inside of her since he could feel the warmth of their bodies coming together. Once they were pressed tightly at their hips, he murmured her name before he began thrusting to her moan of joy.

Feeling her husband's length gently moving back and then inside her again, Beckett was holding onto the side of the bed with her right hand and the sheet with her left. She was pushed up on her elbows and wasn't surprised when her husband was kissing her hungrily shortly after he had started, and she relished the sensation of his tongue seeking hers before they were pressing and rolling against each other. They did that for a while before she tilted her head back and cried out, "Rick… please… a little harder."

Castle was more than happy to do as she'd asked, thrusting his hips more against her and taking in the sensation. It led to them groaning at the same time and he breathed to her, "I'm tempted to keep going."

"A little like this," Beckett said before she was startled when her husband was lightly slapping at the side of her ass.

"Move your leg," Castle said, hoping she would know he was talking about her leg still on the bed. When she was doing so then he groaned and angled his hips down into her, both reacting verbally at the way he got deeper.

"Don't stop… again," Beckett managed to gasp out before her husband was kissing her. They were tangling their tongues and she wondered if she should tell him to speed up when they stopped before her husband was doing that already. She broke off the kiss and was crying out hard for a moment before tilting her head back.

Raised above his wife, Castle spent a while watching her body as she did her best to move with him and he groaned eventually telling her, "You look so fucking beautiful."

"I… you feel so good Rick," Beckett managed to say. "I wanted… wanted you all night… watching you. I don't want to stop love."

"We won't," Castle promised before he put on an extra bit of speed. He had to concentrate on his movements, since he didn't want to slip out of her and have to start the process all over again. When her leg around his waist tightened for a moment, he couldn't help himself and slowed down so he could leisurely roll his hips up and then down against her. He was pleased when she cried out heavily in joy and he did that twice more before he sped up. He hesitated, not sure exactly how far he wanted to go with that, only doing his best to keep an eye on his wife to wait for her to tell him if she didn't like what he was doing. There was no response from her, and he decided he was more than ready to start going a little crazy against her.

Doing her best not to fall back on the bed, Beckett was grasping at the mattress below her so tightly her fingers were beginning to turn white. Her eyes rolled back in her head as she took in the sound of their hips slapping together, her sex spreading with his length delving deeply within her and his heavy breathing mingling with hers. She thought she was going to climax for sure before her husband was suddenly stopping and she was catching her breath.

"Don't complain," Castle told her rapidly. "I just want to change the position." When his wife nodded, he was moving with her over to the middle of the bed though they needed to uncouple. He kissed her deeply before they were back together and when they parted, he told her, "Please tell me you're going to wrap your legs around me again."

"I will," Beckett replied. "If we can start." She wasn't surprised when her husband smiled at her words before he leaned down to kiss her roughly. She was slightly impatient but then turned her attention to helping him into her sex. She felt a rough throb at the first touch of him within her and once his hips rested against hers, she told him, "Rick… I don't want you to stop."

"Believe me, I won't this time," Castle said, making that his promise. He leaned over to her and kissed her before he pulled away and resting on his arms he began to thrust again. He saw the pleasure on his wife's face shortly after that before he was focusing on his thrusts. He did his best to gradually build up to outright fucking her, but it was difficult since he was still throbbing from their lovemaking before. "Kate… tell me when you're going to come," he told her seriously, forcing his eyes open to speak to her.

"I will," Beckett gasped happily before she was lost to the sensation of her husband trying to get deeper inside of her. "Oh… please… promise I can have your cock again!"

"I will, let me… let me tell you what we did that night… we'll do the same," Castle told her, having to work to speak. He saw her nodding and he leaned down to her, kissing her against before they slowly parted and he whispered, "Goddess."

"Yes," Beckett hissed as he was trying to angle his hips down into her. She wasn't surprised when he slowed down and she murmured, "I… love when you do that… but harder again my love, fuck me." She was overjoyed when her husband was shortly after complying with her request and she cried out as he was slamming into her. She dug her nails into his back, trying to hold onto him before she cried out, "I'm coming! Rick please… I want to feel you coming inside me! Fill me!" She was almost desperately grasping her husband's body against hers when he broke along with her a short time later, crying out his name a few times as he was nearly yelling her own. She felt his length throb against her sex and his release literally pulsed within her before she was limp on the bed beneath him as he gave his last few thrusts hard against her.

Breathing roughly against his wife's shoulder, Castle took a little time to recover before he pulled back and lightly kissed at her skin. Raising himself up on his hands he said, "Did I comply?"

"A little," Beckett said. She gently flexed her sex around him before telling him, "You should keep trying though."

"I should," Castle said.

Beckett was a little disappointed when her husband pulled away from her and she got up at his direction. "No explanation?" she asked when she was straddling him.

Looking at her quickly, Castle realized she wasn't being serious, since he was aware she recalled that Thanksgiving night. He smiled and leaned into her, kissing her lovingly before he pulled back and said, "I'm starting where we undressed. You were a little impatient and almost made me shoot off the condom I was struggling with to the other end of the room." He groaned heavily as his wife gently took his erection in her hand and did his best to speak before he just took her however he could.

"Are you alright?" Kate asked, studying her husband's member encased in the sheath.

"Swell," Rick grunted when his wife ran her finger down him gently. He grabbed her roughly then, pulling her on top of him. Once he was inside of her, he was breathing roughly while he looked down at their entwined bodies. Her hand gently cupped under his chin and made him look up at her before he kissed her deeply as soon as she had leaned down to him. He wrapped his arms around her tightly and then said, "Will you start to move?"

Kate smiled at her husband before she leaned over to him and brushed her lips against his. As soon as she had pulled back, she began to push herself up and down on him. They were both gasping in joy at the sensation, and she was placing her hands on his shoulders, using that to help her move faster. She groaned in disappointment when she moved too quickly and he slipped from her, making her sigh before she said, "This won't work."

"It won't?" Rick asked, ready to pull her back onto him. He watched her with slightly widened eyes as she pushed him out of the way and put their pillows on top of each other.

"Will this?" Kate asked her husband, sitting on them and leaning back against the headboard of the bed.

"Yes!" Rick exclaimed, literally racing back to her before he sank into her again.

Pulling her husband to her, Beckett was relieved when he had followed them exactly as they'd been that night. She gasped out while he was making her slam back against the headboard, but she didn't mind as it wasn't really hurting. She braced her hands on the table behind the board before she was placing her feet on the mattress. She recalled doing that in the past with that same position, but her attention was taken by her husband leaning down to her and kissing her roughly.

Feeling his wife responding to him immediately, Castle couldn't help deepening the kiss before they were parting with a gasp for air. He looked down between their bodies and watched as he was sliding in and out of her rapidly. He tried not to stare at that for very long since it was too much of a stimulation to him along with everything he was feeling already. Deep inside of her he found he was being squeezed a little harder with the way her legs were positioned, and he wasn't sure he was going to last much longer. "Do you… please tell me… you want to come," he groaned lovingly to her.

"I am… oh Rick… please love don't stop fucking me!" Beckett cried out as her orgasm struck her roughly. She was clawing at the table and trying to grab it, but the waves of ecstasy that rushed through her entire body didn't let her accomplish that. When her husband was joining her, she jerked her hips in such a way that when he pushed inside her again, he struck her clit dead on. It was enough to make her climax again and her legs were snapping around him, holding him by his waist and making her nearly scream his name. She had wrapped her arms around him at the same time and was nearly gouging her nails through his skin before she finally stopped moving. "Rick," she breathed, her husband still moving as he'd reached a second peak as well.

Trying to keep himself from thrusting in her hard, Castle knew he wasn't going to manage that, so he hoped he wasn't hurting her. But feeling her lightly caressing the back of his hair and his back he had his answer and he nearly collapsed on her when everything in him stopped. He was panting heavily, taking in the sensation of her caresses, until he felt he was stronger and could move. When he did, he kissed his wife first and gently before he pulled away from her and said, "Better?"

"Pervert," Beckett said. She brought him back to her for another kiss that lingered for a while before she told him, "But yes. Though…"

"Though?" Castle asked, startled. He didn't get an answer right away, his wife pulling him to her for a kiss again. After they'd parted slowly, he pressed his forehead to hers before he breathed, "More love?" When she nodded in response, he was kissing her and then murmured, "I love you, Kate."

"I love you too Rick," Beckett replied. "I gcónaí."

"I gcónaí," Castle breathed as he echoed the word always. He captured her lips with his and then snaked his tongue into her mouth so they could duel for a while. After they'd stopped, they were moving together so she could lay down again and he followed his wife eagerly while she was drawing him after her.

Beginning their passionate lovemaking shortly after, Castle and Beckett let their arousal take over which wasn't hard to do once they were coupled yet again. They fixated on trying to somehow slake their voracious desire they knew would never be satiated but eagerly spent hours attempting to do so wrapped up entirely in each other the rest of that Thanksgiving night.